Latent files saved under Input/Latent but require manual move to Input for loading

[idealvijay]

This pull request addresses an issue where latent files saved to Input/Latent are not correctly located during loading. Previously, users had to manually move files from Input/Latent to the main Input directory for them to load successfully.

Changes Made:

Updated the LoadLatent class in INPUT_TYPES to search for latent files directly in the Input/Latent directory.
This eliminates the need for manual file movement, streamlining the process of saving and loading latent files.

[idealvijay]

Fixes #5555 - Latent files were not loading from the Input/Latent folder.

[ltdrdata]

You need to read from output dir not input dir to achieve that goal.

I recommend this approach.
The CheckpointLoaderSimple is also configured to use the model saved in the output with Save Checkpoint.

ComfyUI/nodes.py

Line 535 in 6ee066a

"ckpt_name": (folder_paths.get_filename_list("checkpoints"), {"tooltip": "The name of the checkpoint (model) to load."}),

ComfyUI/main.py

Line 228 in 6ee066a

folder_paths.add_model_folder_path("checkpoints", os.path.join(folder_paths.get_output_directory(), "checkpoints"))

[ltdrdata]

This code is useless now.

        input_dir = os.path.join(folder_paths.get_output_directory(), "latents")  # Adjusts to "Input/Latent"
        if not os.path.exists(input_dir):
            os.makedirs(input_dir, exist_ok=True)
        files = [f for f in os.listdir(input_dir) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(input_dir, f)) and f.endswith(".latent")]

[idealvijay]

Thanks for pointing that out, @ltdrdata! The code’s purpose was initially to handle directory creation for storing latents, but if it's now redundant due to recent updates, will remove this redundant code.